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Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... and lose from the result. Milligan, head of global strategy at Standard Life Investments says that in the short-term, an Obama re-election will give a boost to hospital, pharmaceutical, green energy and infrastructure stocks while a Romney victory will ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... Presidential polls. A better-than-expected labour market number will boost Barrack's chances and give Romney the runs. The numbers Obama expects to beat and Romney prays he doesn't - plus 124,000 jobs gained in October and a slight increase in the unemployment ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... Chairman Ben Bernanke confirming or denying the New York Times report that he'll not seek a third term whether or not President Obama gets re-elected. Our friend Ben's term ends on January 14. What then? But as the song goes (with some tweaks), "He's ...

Good US housing news is real good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... and Greece nearing a deal, Spain avoiding a junk rating from Moody's, the surge in UK employment in September, or perhaps, Obama edging out Romney at their second debate - but for moi, it was the housing stats that did it. US housing starts jumped to ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... 7.8 per cent, down from the previous 8.1 per cent and the lowest level since January 2009, the month that President Barack Obama took office. The data from its establishment survey was less buoyant, showing a modest 114,000 net new jobs produced, but ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... officials and diplomats said." The reason is obvious but according to the report, a senior EU official told Reuters that, "The Obama administration doesn't want anything on a macroeconomic scale that is going to rock the global economy before November ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... from Tom Stevenson, investment director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, who notes the market odds for incumbent Barack Obama being re-elected are now highly correlated with the performance of the S&P 500. Some theories support the idea of a link between ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... The boost came ahead of the release of important jobs numbers Friday, and set a positive background for President Barack Obama's much-awaited address Thursday night to the Democratic Party's convention, kicking off the final stretch of the presidential ...

Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012

Good one day, no good the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
"U.S. stocks fell, snapping a two-day rally in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, after jobless-claims data fueled concern over the economy..." (Bloomberg) Ah, so grasshoppuh, America is good one day, no good the next. No sensei, just another dose of ...